Official Green Bay vs Chicago Playoff Game Thread

This is the rubber match squared.

Packers and Bears split both of their meetings this year and have split both of the previous times the two have meet in the playoffs.

I'm not sure how many of you remember the 1941 game where the Bears beat the Packers, but I'm sure quite a few of you remember the 2010 win by the Packers that ultimately led to our 4th SB victory.

The Packers team that comes into this game will be oddly different than the one that met the Bears just a couple of weeks ago. The Packers have made 30 player transactions since that game.

Thankfully, Love was not one of those transactions and looks to be healthy coming into the playoffs.

The bigger changes would be to DT where Jordan Riley (DL) and Quinton Bohanna (released) are replaced by Jonathan Ford (waiver from the Bears) and Stackhouse (depth chart). Given the poor play of the DT against the Bears, that might not be much of a factor.

Losing Hobbs (DL) and Hadden (DL) while gaining Trevon Diggs (waiver from Cowboys) should really be an improvement based on metrics at least.

Getting Oliver off the PUP provided an interesting wrinkle against the Vikings as he produced 4 pressures in his debut against the starting Viking OL.

Losing FitzPatrick hurts our blocking and TE depth, but he wasn't much of an impact player in either regard. It means more Whyle (maybe a good thing?) and an opportunity for Drake Dabney off the PS.

Losing Savion Williams, Welch, and Anderson all impact Special Teams more than anything else. JKJ looks up to the task of replacing Williams on ST and as a backup WR.
 
PackerShrine said:
This is the rubber match squared.

Packers and Bears split both of their meetings this year and have split both of the previous times the two have meet in the playoffs.

I'm not sure how many of you remember the 1941 game where the Bears beat the Packers, but I'm sure quite a few of you remember the 2010 win by the Packers that ultimately led to our 4th SB victory.

The Packers team that comes into this game will be oddly different than the one that met the Bears just a couple of weeks ago. The Packers have made 30 player transactions since that game.

Thankfully, Love was not one of those transactions and looks to be healthy coming into the playoffs.

The bigger changes would be to DT where Jordan Riley (DL) and Quinton Bohanna (released) are replaced by Jonathan Ford (waiver from the Bears) and Stackhouse (depth chart). Given the poor play of the DT against the Bears, that might not be much of a factor.

Losing Hobbs (DL) and Hadden (DL) while gaining Trevon Diggs (waiver from Cowboys) should really be an improvement based on metrics at least.

Getting Oliver off the PUP provided an interesting wrinkle against the Vikings as he produced 4 pressures in his debut against the starting Viking OL.

Losing FitzPatrick hurts our blocking and TE depth, but he wasn't much of an impact player in either regard. It means more Whyle (maybe a good thing?) and an opportunity for Drake Dabney off the PS.

Losing Savion Williams, Welch, and Anderson all impact Special Teams more than anything else. JKJ looks up to the task of replacing Williams on ST and as a backup WR.
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Oh ya I remember watching that ‘41 game on the old black and white DuMont…
 
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